Wagon-pole.



S. G. PAULSON.

WAGON POLE.

APPLICATION FILED Ammo. 1908.

932,807. Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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j Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedlApril' 10, 1908. Serial No. 42 e,2a5.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, So n N 7 Minneapolis, I-Iennepin county, Minnesota,

, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Poles, of iwhich the following is a specification. j

the object of the inventionv is to provide means whereby an adjustment can be ob tained between thepole and the forward axle hounds to compensate for the difference in distance between the hounds and render the pole capable of fitting any wagon. i

A further object is to provide a spring starting device in connection with the pole, which whenever desired may also-be LltlllZd as anequallzer.

from the mechanism which connects it with the axle. I, i I Other objects of the'invention will appear from the following detailed description; The invention consists generally invariousconstructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. j i" In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Fi ure 1 is a plan view partially in section 0 a wagon pole and its connections embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view illustrat ing the spring starting device adapted for use as an equalizer. Fig. 4: is a sectional;

View on the line ww of Fig. 2.

In the drawing, 2 represents a wagon pole having a squared rear end adapted to be inserted into a box that is composed preferably for the pole when it is thrust into the box. I prefer to secure the pole by means of bolts.

8 passing through the side plates and through the pole, these bolts being easily removable whenever it is desired to remove the pole, as in a crowded market place.

A plate 9 has downwardly and inwardly turned ends 10 to engage the projecting edges of the top plate 5 andis adapted to.

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further object is to provide. means whereby the pole may be readily detached" v therewith by a; pin :13 to which the pole My invention relates to wagon poljes, and

horses are, attached? in the usual way. The chain 1A is connected to the arm 11 and strap 12 and, extends down around a wheel #15 that is .carriedbya bolt 16 between the side plates 3, and the free end of said chain is connected to rod 17 that is slidably supported in guides 18'-depending from the plate 6. Av wedge .19 fits within a transverse socket in the rod 17, and a coiled spring 20 is arranged on said rod between said wedge and one of the guides 18. The forward end of the rod 17 has an eye 21 to permit the attachment of the forward horses thereto when desired. When this is done the wedge plate 19,.isremoved, the spring 20 becomes inoperative, sliding freely onthe rod 17 and the device becomes an equalizer distributing the strain, between the forward and pole horses. When only the pole horses are used I Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

the wedge 19 is put in place and the spring 20-jcontacting with oneof the guides 18 will yieldingly resist the strain of starting and relievethe pole horses of jar and shock incident to sudden jolts and rough roads.

It is desirable to provide some means for [rendering the .pole adjustable between the Jwagon hounds to adapt it for different wagons. ally connected "at 23 to the side plates 3. Similar bars 24 are provided forming a I therefore provide bars 22 pivotcontinuation of thebars 22 and having a common pivotal connection therewith to the outer ends of bolts 25 whose inner ends are threaded to receive a turn buckle 26 that extends transversely of the pole through holes'in the side plates 3. The threaded ends of the bolts 25 are provided with lock nuts 25' (see Fig. .1) between which and 1 the. turn buckles 26, the plates 3 are securely clamped. I am thus able to provide a rigid connection betweenthe opposite bars 24 and prevent racking, and twisting of the said bars and the danger of the pole pulling away from the hounds, which frequently occurs when an ordinary form of adjustment is provided for the bars, with which the hounds engage. By providing the lock nuts on each side of the plates, I may force the plates againstthe ends of the turn-buckles and prevent the turn buckles fromfworking loose hold all the inner ends are connected by a turn buckle similar to the one described. The forward axle *hounds'28 lieonthe outerside of the bars 24 and contact therewith and are sethe hounds, are provided with similar bolts 27 whose cured thereto by a bolt'2'9 which passes through the hounds andthrough holes in] the bars 24 and the side'plates 3; By the adjustment of the turn buckles all lateral lost motion of the pole between the hounds 3 can be taken up and the bars 22, and24 adj-usted to compensate for any variation in the distance betweenthe hounds, and to cause the said bars to fit snugly andevenly thereon; Vertical oscillation of the pole is of i co'ur'se 'perm'itted by the horizontal pivot 29.

"I claim. as my invention:

l. The combination with axle hounds, of aipole boX ha'v'ing'a socket to receive a pole, plates projecting in the rear of said socket,

bars arranged to bear on said hounds pivotally connected at their forward ends with said-box, bolts having their outer ends pivotally connected with the said bars and their inner threaded ends projecting through 1' holes in said p'lates,turn-buckles connecting the "threaded'e ds of opposite bolts between said plates, and lock nuts provided on said bolts outside said plates and adapted to clamp them securely-against theends of said turn-buckles, substantially as described,

'2; The combination with theaxle bounds, of a poleboxhaving a socket to receive a pole, channel-bar plates forming the side walls of said pole box and extending rearpa-rts rigidly between- The rear ends of the -bars 24;

pivotally connected at their forward ends with said .iplates, bolts having their outer ends pivot- -al-ly connected to the forward and rear portions of said bars and having their inner threaded ends projecting through holes in said channel-bar plates, and turn-buckles co'nnecting the threaded ends of opposite bolts between said channel-bar plates, and lock nuts mountedon said bolts and arran ed to engage said plates and force them agamst the ends of said turn-buckles, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with the aide hounds, of a pole box having a socket to receive a pole, plates projecting in the iear 'of said socket, bars having outer faces arranged to bear on said hounds, links pivotally connecting said bars with the side wallsof said socket, bolts pivotally connected to the rear ends of said bars, similar bolts fpivotally connected to the hinged ends of said bars and said links, the inner endsof-s'aid bolts being threaded and projecting through holes in said plates, and turn-buckles provided between said plates and engaging the threadedends of said bolts whereby the desired degree of adjustment is obtained between said bars and plates, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I havehereuntoset hand this 4th dayof April 1908.

'SOREN G. PAULSON. 'VVitnesses: v

RICHARD PAUL, J A. BYINGTON. 

